Kristin Forbes says the Fed made it hard for itself with its quantitative easing (QE). "Everyone expected it to end on a certain date … "

"The last thing we were going to do ... was say goodbye to all the people that said hello to us all those years ago and built Blue Bottle."

In "Hidden Games," Moshe Hoffman, and Erez Yoeli do a valiant job of applying game theory to seemingly irrational behavior.

"There are CEOs that understand that diversity is actually 34% more profitable … and so they really actually want to make a go at it."

"The labor movement is getting more aggressive and more sophisticated and so I think we're going to see more organizing in the future."

"There are obviously a lot of questions with regard to the openness of a platform so integral to public discourse if it's taken private."

"MIT was my top choice because I valued its emphasis on technology and innovation."

"The financial independence and security of families lie at the heart of a functioning democracy."

"Much as steam engines energized the Industrial Age, recommendation engines are the movers digitally driving 21st-century advice worldwide."

"Running Twitter isn't as easy as colonizing Mars or electrifying the automotive industry around the world."